Facebook Places: What's the Worst That Could Happen?

Last night, Facebook unveiled a new feature that allows you to share
your immediate location with friends on Facebook. It's called "Places"
and it works like this: If you're hanging out at your local barber
shop/laundromat/arcade you can "check-in" to these locations on your
mobile phone. Immediately, your Facebook friends will be notified in
their newsfeed. Unfortunately, there's a
problem. Your Facebook buddies can also check you into various
places—even if you're not actually there. It's a lot like tagging people
to photos (they don't have to appear in the photo to tag them).

So what's the worst that could happen? Here's are four nightmare scenarios imagined by tech bloggers:

"Rampaging Ex-Girlfriends
or arch nemeses will exploit this tool to slander your good name, tying
you to trysts that never happened or houses of ill repute."
[TechCrunch's Evelyn Rusli]

"You are at the bar
when you are supposed to be at your girlfriend's crappy art show. You
chat with your friend Jane, who checks into the bar and tags you: 'At
this awesome bar, just talked to [Your name here] about his Star Wars
memorabilia collection!' Your girlfriend sees this on Jane's wall, walks
over to the bar and dumps you on the spot." [Gawker's Adrian Chen]

"This is clearly a disaster, as
your girlfriend’s going to find out on her own FB home page that you’re
actually at a party with a bunch of chicks instead of studying in the
library like you told her so you could free yourself up for the
evening." [social media blogger Bill Cammack]

"You are having an affair
with your wife's sister. Your wife's sister checks into her home and
says 'Having awesome sex with [Your name here]'. Your wife sees this on
her sister's wall and divorces you. (Also, a robber you're friends with
steals your Star Wars memorabilia collection because he knows you're out
having the affair.)" [Gawker's Adrian Chen]

Apparently,
there are a lot of tech bloggers worried about Facebook exposing
various acts of infidelity. In any case, if you have any nightmare
scenarios of your own, please share in the comments section.